Robert E Quinn

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media-20424.jpeg UPL 20424 Memorial Day: Memories of a P.O.W. John A Gray.

Article written by Hugh Cassidy and published in a newspaper on Long Island, NY after personal interview with John A. Gray.

Object Number - UPL 20424 - Memorial Day: Memories of a P.O.W. John A Gray.

B-17G #42-31098 'Penny's Thunderhead' ran off the runway when the tire blew on landing on 26 Mar 1944. RTD. Shot down 30 May 1944 in B-17 #4297440 'Flak Rat II. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



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  • Date: 30 April 1944

315

  • Date: 24 April 1944
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'

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  • Date: 22 April 1944

309

  • Date: 20 April 1944

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Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 30 May 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5310 / MACR 5310, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1094 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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